LOOK 009

Casual Friday

San Francisco, CA

The starting point is almost aggressively ordinary: hoodie and jeans.

Then I added a sharply tailored plaid jacket, red pumps and the Prada. The hoodie keeps the blazer from becoming too proper; the blazer keeps the hoodie from reading like an afterthought.

I like an outfit that can’t quite decide how dressed it is.

CATEGORY

  • NIGHT
  • day
  • work

THE PIECES

Barrel Jeans
Barrel Jeans
Kenzie Jeans
Resale
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Brown Hoodie
Brown Hoodie
American Eagle
Exact piece
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Galleria Large Saffiano leather bag
Galleria Large Saffiano leather bag
Prada
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Risktaker Pointed Toe Pump
Risktaker Pointed Toe Pump
Jeffrey Campbell
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SHOP SIMILAR
Morningside Blazer - taupe
Morningside Blazer - taupe
Aritzia
Resale
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WHY IT WORKS

he contrast is doing more than the individual pieces.

The hoodie adds bulk and softness at the neckline, while the fitted blazer pulls everything back into shape. Straight denim gives the two somewhere neutral to meet.

Then the red bag and shoes bookend the outfit. Repeating the same saturated color twice makes an otherwise mixed dress code feel deliberate.

The polished pieces don’t erase the casual ones. They sharpen them.

STEAL THIS IDEA

Start with the outfit you’d wear casually, then replace two things with their more dressed-up counterparts.

Hoodie + jeans can become blazer + hoodie + jeans + pointed heel. A sweatshirt can take a structured bag. Sneakers can give way to an evening shoe.

You don’t have to elevate the whole outfit. Two interruptions are usually enough.